Community Consultation
       Thursday 14 October, 2010
Overview
• Recap First Community Consultation
• Our Core Business - Learning
  Surfacing beliefs

• What kind of learning spaces? Environment
• Teacher Appointments
• Progress Update
• Strategic Direction
• Stations - We value your voice
Previously we flew over and took a
         big picture view.
Progress Update
 Educative        Enrolments         IT Infrastructure
  Purpose
                                        Furniture
Future Trends    Enrolment Zone
                                        Fundraising

    Vision            Design
                                           Uniform

                     Collaboration
     Brand
Feedback

•Summary of Feedback
•Located on the School Website
  www.stonefields.school.nz

•Can still add your ideas
  Survey Monkey
Landing within the School


Our Core Business ..
Every young person needs to be equipped to seize
   learning opportunities throughout life to broaden their
knowledge, skills & attitudes, and to be able to adapt to a
           changing, complex and interconnected world.
                                        Guy Claxton, 2010
Beliefs to Practice
                             Parent involvement

                                                  Self assessment
           Goal setting

                                 Practices         Running Record - Reading


         Key Stakeholders well
               informed
                                 Principles          student involvement

              Timely
                                                          Assessment methods
                                                            inform next steps

                                    Belief
 Assessment - What do we believe and value?
  Assessment information progresses learning




                                                         Julia Atkin, 2006
Beliefs to Practice
    Why?                  How?                              What?
Beliefs & Values
                       Principles                        Practices
about learning
                                                     •How will it look like in
                                                      practice?
                   •Building learning capacity
                   •Nurturing collaboration           e.g. inspiring curiosity to
                   •Inspiring curiosity to make       make meaning;
                    meaning
                                                     •Build knowledge of the
                   •Broadening horizons - Breaking    Inquiry process
                    through
                                                     •Equip learners with thinking
                                                      tools to help them problem
                                                      solve
Practices - What?




Literacy and Numeracy                    Inquiry Learning
                        Contributing                          Personal bests
  Talents/ Strengths                      Thinking Skills
                        Living values                            Mastery
    Goal Setting                            Curiosity
                        Social Science                      Making a difference
  Physical Health &                        Technology
     Wellbeing                                                  Innovation
                                            Science
Learner competencies
What makes a learner an
   effective learner?
              Community Ideas
      •	

 Looking forward to the future
                                                       be open
      •	

      •	

             Curious
             Problem-solver                             reflect
             Can adapt new skills to new situations
                                                       question
      •	

      •	

   Self-assessment
      •	

   Team-work/ collaboration and team

      •	

             assessment
             Maslow’s hierarchy of need- Learning,     wonder
             Contribute, Belonging, Sure and Secure
      •	

      •	

             Desire to make a difference
             Curiosity
                                                         think
      •	

   Challenge the boundaries
      •	

   Compassion

                                                        respect
      •	

   Good listener
      •	

   Inspiring
      •	

   Patient
      •	

      •	

             Understanding
             Respectful
                                                      compassion
                                                       contribute
      •	

   Inspired
      •	

   Confidence instilled
      •	

   Ability to have a different opinion
Goal Setting

•About Mastery and Personal Bests
  vs

•Performance    (faster, neater, better)



•Effective Goal setting has a
  significant impact of student
  outcomes Hattie, 2010
Showing Progress
Practices - How




Foundation Learning                     Inquiry Learning
                       Contributing                          Personal bests
 Talents/ Strengths                      Thinking Skills
                       Living values                            Mastery
   Goal Setting                            Curiosity
                       Social Science                      Making a difference
 Physical Health &                        Technology
    Wellbeing                                                  Innovation
                                           Science
Learner competencies
Young minds are as much social as individual. It seems
impossible that schools can continue to resist this growing
     pattern of social interaction in the ways learning and
                              assessments are structured.
                                         Guy Claxton, 2010
What values would you
like to see reinforced?
              Community Ideas
       •	

 Respecting others


                                               Respect
       •	

   Open mindedness
       •	

   Respect
       •	

   Collaboration - Participation
       •	

       •	

              Love of learning
              Confidence to speak up
                                              Compassion
       •	

       •	

              Integrity
              Equality                         Honesty
       •	

   Great> ‘Wego not ego!’
       •	

   Compassion
       •	

   Respecting people
       •	

   Caring for each other
       •	

   Friendly atmosphere
       •	

   Honesty
Practices - What




Foundation Learning                     Inquiry Learning
                       Contributing                          Personal bests
 Talents/ Strengths                      Thinking Skills
                       Living values                            Mastery
   Goal Setting                            Curiosity
                       Social Science                      Making a difference
 Physical Health &                        Technology
    Wellbeing                                                  Innovation
                                           Science
Learner competencies
Making Meaning

     Inquiry Process
   • Building Knowlege
   • Connecting and Thinking to
     make meaning

   • Applying Understandings
Inquiry
All in Balance
  Developing the necessary            Knowing what to do
 conceptual understandings            when you don’t know
for learners to make sense of             what to do
          their world


• What is powerful              • What is powerful
      to learn - What             learning - building
          matters?                capacity to learn
Learning Spaces
Designing Agile
                 Spaces
    •What do you think the learning
        spaces need to look like, sound like,
        feel like to enable the type of
        learning we have been describing?

‘Think big and be brave’ to think
    beyond your own school
           experience...



                                            Y chart
Purposeful Spaces
                     Fit for Purpose



•   Cave space
    (independent)

•   Watering hole
    (Group,
    collaborative)

•   Camp fire
    (large group,
    class)
    Prakash Nair
Mary Featherston, Interior Design Process
21 Century Schools
A Learning Hub
Authentic Spaces
•Open, Social, Real   Malan, 2009




                             Jasmax
Appointments
        Community Feedback

•	

   Make students curious, learning by doing
       Inspire students to love learning
                                                                        Rigorous Process
•	

•	

   Encourage student directed learning
•	

   My teacher back in 1986 was the best. He just
       believed in me! – You are the best!
•	

   Can adapt teaching style methods to the learner.
       Therefore know how the child learns
                                                                   Made 8 appointment
•	

   Ability to be respected by students
•	

   The ability to be looked up to
•	

•	

       Having fun with children yet providing guidance
       Adapting to each child and recognizing strengths
                                                                    range of experience
       and weaknesses. Make the weaknesses the strengths
       A teacher that helps you think for yourself
                                                              Expertise covering all areas
•	

•	

   Guidance
•	

   Explains clearly
•	

   Answers questions
•	

•	

       Caring
       Have lots of patience and be a good learner
                                                                                Induction
•	

   My best teacher had respect of all for no effort. A
       passion for his job and an ability to make everyone
       achieve more than they thought possible. 25 years on
       and I still remember how they helped me to learn
Progress Update
                    Enrolments     Assessment


 IT Provider         Resources     Travel Wise



                      Start Date

After School Care                   Green Star
                     Research
Strategic Direction

• Focus Group Wanted
  If you are interested in being involved in
  strategic planning discussions, standing for
  the Board next year.

• Please record your email and contacts on
  the sheet.

• First meeting 3 November, 6.00pm
Bus Stop Stations
                                         20 min

1.   Extra curriculum activities investigated.
     What else would you like us to investigate?

2.   Strategic Planning focus group - Please sign up if you are interested to take part.

3.   Have a sit in the School chairs, try out the beanbag prototype

4.   Logo development movie

5.   Have a play on a sample mobile device? Would you pay $12 a month to lease
     one for your child?

6.   Mathletics - Would you be happy to pay? what do you think?

7.   Learning Environment - What are your thoughts?

8.   Informal Question and Answer with any Leadership or Establishment Board member.
Contact
office@stonefields.school.nz
www.stonefields.school.nz
09 527 7721
Next meeting scheduled for 23 September
What time suits you best?
Next meeting we will land and be ready to answer more
detailed questions you may have.

Community consultation 14 october

  • 1.
    Community Consultation Thursday 14 October, 2010
  • 2.
    Overview • Recap FirstCommunity Consultation • Our Core Business - Learning Surfacing beliefs • What kind of learning spaces? Environment • Teacher Appointments • Progress Update • Strategic Direction • Stations - We value your voice
  • 3.
    Previously we flewover and took a big picture view.
  • 4.
    Progress Update Educative Enrolments IT Infrastructure Purpose Furniture Future Trends Enrolment Zone Fundraising Vision Design Uniform Collaboration Brand
  • 5.
    Feedback •Summary of Feedback •Locatedon the School Website www.stonefields.school.nz •Can still add your ideas Survey Monkey
  • 6.
    Landing within theSchool Our Core Business ..
  • 8.
    Every young personneeds to be equipped to seize learning opportunities throughout life to broaden their knowledge, skills & attitudes, and to be able to adapt to a changing, complex and interconnected world. Guy Claxton, 2010
  • 9.
    Beliefs to Practice Parent involvement Self assessment Goal setting Practices Running Record - Reading Key Stakeholders well informed Principles student involvement Timely Assessment methods inform next steps Belief Assessment - What do we believe and value? Assessment information progresses learning Julia Atkin, 2006
  • 10.
    Beliefs to Practice Why? How? What? Beliefs & Values Principles Practices about learning •How will it look like in practice? •Building learning capacity •Nurturing collaboration e.g. inspiring curiosity to •Inspiring curiosity to make make meaning; meaning •Build knowledge of the •Broadening horizons - Breaking Inquiry process through •Equip learners with thinking tools to help them problem solve
  • 11.
    Practices - What? Literacyand Numeracy Inquiry Learning Contributing Personal bests Talents/ Strengths Thinking Skills Living values Mastery Goal Setting Curiosity Social Science Making a difference Physical Health & Technology Wellbeing Innovation Science Learner competencies
  • 12.
    What makes alearner an effective learner? Community Ideas • Looking forward to the future be open • • Curious Problem-solver reflect Can adapt new skills to new situations question • • Self-assessment • Team-work/ collaboration and team • assessment Maslow’s hierarchy of need- Learning, wonder Contribute, Belonging, Sure and Secure • • Desire to make a difference Curiosity think • Challenge the boundaries • Compassion respect • Good listener • Inspiring • Patient • • Understanding Respectful compassion contribute • Inspired • Confidence instilled • Ability to have a different opinion
  • 14.
    Goal Setting •About Masteryand Personal Bests vs •Performance (faster, neater, better) •Effective Goal setting has a significant impact of student outcomes Hattie, 2010
  • 15.
  • 17.
    Practices - How FoundationLearning Inquiry Learning Contributing Personal bests Talents/ Strengths Thinking Skills Living values Mastery Goal Setting Curiosity Social Science Making a difference Physical Health & Technology Wellbeing Innovation Science Learner competencies
  • 18.
    Young minds areas much social as individual. It seems impossible that schools can continue to resist this growing pattern of social interaction in the ways learning and assessments are structured. Guy Claxton, 2010
  • 19.
    What values wouldyou like to see reinforced? Community Ideas • Respecting others Respect • Open mindedness • Respect • Collaboration - Participation • • Love of learning Confidence to speak up Compassion • • Integrity Equality Honesty • Great> ‘Wego not ego!’ • Compassion • Respecting people • Caring for each other • Friendly atmosphere • Honesty
  • 20.
    Practices - What FoundationLearning Inquiry Learning Contributing Personal bests Talents/ Strengths Thinking Skills Living values Mastery Goal Setting Curiosity Social Science Making a difference Physical Health & Technology Wellbeing Innovation Science Learner competencies
  • 22.
    Making Meaning Inquiry Process • Building Knowlege • Connecting and Thinking to make meaning • Applying Understandings
  • 23.
  • 25.
    All in Balance Developing the necessary Knowing what to do conceptual understandings when you don’t know for learners to make sense of what to do their world • What is powerful • What is powerful to learn - What learning - building matters? capacity to learn
  • 27.
  • 28.
    Designing Agile Spaces •What do you think the learning spaces need to look like, sound like, feel like to enable the type of learning we have been describing? ‘Think big and be brave’ to think beyond your own school experience... Y chart
  • 29.
    Purposeful Spaces Fit for Purpose • Cave space (independent) • Watering hole (Group, collaborative) • Camp fire (large group, class) Prakash Nair
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32.
  • 33.
    Authentic Spaces •Open, Social,Real Malan, 2009 Jasmax
  • 34.
    Appointments Community Feedback • Make students curious, learning by doing Inspire students to love learning Rigorous Process • • Encourage student directed learning • My teacher back in 1986 was the best. He just believed in me! – You are the best! • Can adapt teaching style methods to the learner. Therefore know how the child learns Made 8 appointment • Ability to be respected by students • The ability to be looked up to • • Having fun with children yet providing guidance Adapting to each child and recognizing strengths range of experience and weaknesses. Make the weaknesses the strengths A teacher that helps you think for yourself Expertise covering all areas • • Guidance • Explains clearly • Answers questions • • Caring Have lots of patience and be a good learner Induction • My best teacher had respect of all for no effort. A passion for his job and an ability to make everyone achieve more than they thought possible. 25 years on and I still remember how they helped me to learn
  • 35.
    Progress Update Enrolments Assessment IT Provider Resources Travel Wise Start Date After School Care Green Star Research
  • 36.
    Strategic Direction • FocusGroup Wanted If you are interested in being involved in strategic planning discussions, standing for the Board next year. • Please record your email and contacts on the sheet. • First meeting 3 November, 6.00pm
  • 37.
    Bus Stop Stations 20 min 1. Extra curriculum activities investigated. What else would you like us to investigate? 2. Strategic Planning focus group - Please sign up if you are interested to take part. 3. Have a sit in the School chairs, try out the beanbag prototype 4. Logo development movie 5. Have a play on a sample mobile device? Would you pay $12 a month to lease one for your child? 6. Mathletics - Would you be happy to pay? what do you think? 7. Learning Environment - What are your thoughts? 8. Informal Question and Answer with any Leadership or Establishment Board member.
  • 38.
    Contact office@stonefields.school.nz www.stonefields.school.nz 09 527 7721 Nextmeeting scheduled for 23 September What time suits you best? Next meeting we will land and be ready to answer more detailed questions you may have.